Hitch ing-post



E. A. K'INNE. HIT-GHING POST.

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Patented Nov. 29, 1887.

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WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

' UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

; EDWIN A. KINNE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HlTCHlNG-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,832, dated November 29, 1887.-

Application filed April .28, 1 887.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. KINNE. of Kansas City, Jackson county, State of Missouri, have-invented a new and Improved Hitching-P-ost, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

The object of my invention is'toprovide a hitching-post that can be lowered into a re ceptacle located below the surface of the ground when not in use, and that can bewithdrawn therefrom and secured thereto in position at the proper height when desired for use. a

My invention consists in the devices and combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings which illustrate the manner of carrying out'the invention, Figure lis a perspective view of the post as it appears in position for hitching animals thereto; and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the box or casing located in the ground. 1

A indicates the post, which may be either rectangular or circular in cross-section, or of any suitable form, and constructed of any desired material, and which can be lowered into the box or casing B when notin use, as shown.

The casing B is preferably constructed of cast-iron, with a flange. B, at its upper end, by means of which it will. be prevented from sinking too deep in the ground, and which can be provided with screw or bolt holes for securing the casing to the pavement, when located on a pavement, as indicated. Said casing is also provided on the inside, near the top thereof, with a notch or depression, E, the shoulder, of which is to be engaged by a pawl, E, on the lower portion of the post to keep said post from being withdrawn too far during use. v

The pawl E is pivoted at a in a recess, 1), formed in the lower portion of post A, and it is provided with a weighted free end and caused to engage said depression by the action of gravity, as shown.

Serial No. 236,436. (No model.)

For the purpose of holding the post A at any desired height in relation to the casing B, I locate another pawl, C, in a suitable cavity or recess, 0, formed in the body of the post,

and cause one end of said pawl (indicated by letter a to automatically engage the upper end of the casing when the post is withdrawn and adjusted to position.

such, for instance, as supporting the wires of fences and the like.

' The operation of the invention is as follows: When the post is to be withdrawn from the casing, the operator lifts it upward the required distance, until the pawl O engages the upper end of the casing, when it will be held in a withdrawn position until said pawl is disengaged, which can be accomplished by the operators foot, as will be readily seen.

I do not herein broadly claiin a'hitchingpost capable of being. raised and lowered in a receptacle located in the ground; but

What I claim is In a hitching-post, the-combination, with the casing B, having the flange B at its upper A hitching-ring, d, or any similar deend and the notch or depression E on its in- Witnesses:

ALBERT SAVAGE, A. A. *HIGDON. 

